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but I do think it is pretty understood that marijuana causes brain damage.

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OK, how many of you have heard that marijuana causes brain damage? Would you like to know the source of this information? Some 22 years ago, two Rhesus monkeys were continuously exposed to doses of marijuana up to 200 times the psychoactive dose for humans.

Researcher Robert Heath observed changes in the brain wave patterns of the monkeys. Even though the brain waves returned to normal within an hour after administration of the drug, Robert Heath predicted that long-term exposure would produce permanent brain damage. Even after numerous studies with equipment far superior to that of Heath's, no other researchers have been able to produce evidence of brain damage. Every man, woman and child in this country is constantly bombarded with the claim that marijuana causes brain damage. - Marijuana laws based on faulty research

Heavy Marijuana Use Doesn't Damage Brain

IACM: Cannabis Does Not Cause Permanent Brain Damage

Cannabis Use, Effect And Potential Therapy For Alzheimer's, MS and Parkinson's

Marijuana-based drug could curb brain damage

Smokes for Strokes - TWO constituen...brain damage that often follows a stroke

Study Looks at Marijuana's Ability to Limit Brain Damage

Keep Your Brain From Going to Pot - The active chemical in marijuana can do more for your head than give you a high -- it could protect your brain in emergency situations.

The Harvard Crimson - Marijuana Laws More Harmful Than Drug, Psychiatrist Says

Marijuana experts testify on harmlessness of drug

Study: Pot doesn't hurt thinking skills

Human body found to produce its ow...-killing powers of the natural compounds

Drug company stakes future on medicines from marijuana compounds

CNN - Reefer Sanity

Chicago Sun Times - Synthetic marijuana may offer protection - The best available protection against nerve gas attack comes from an Israeli-made synthetic equivalent of marijuana, U.S. military experiments have shown.

Brain's endocannabinoids protects neurons from inflammation

Pharmos rebounds with cannabinoid pain relief drug

Minnesota Daily - Cannabis slows down nerve cell degeneration

Cannabis chemical could help epilepsy treatment

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